N*ST Toolkit

Designed to address LA’s shortage of supportive housing for the homeless, this home concept provides flexibility to meet the needs of a particular site, neighborhood, and bed count. Scalable as an infill solution, N*st toolkit can be configured in multiple ways using various site types and a typical lot size of 50’x150’, or a combination of them. The architects have designed a series of potential unit plans that differ according to rapid-rehousing, single-room occupancy (SRO) and traditional multi-family formations. N*st isn’t a standard home "model," but a kit of parts—scalable and adaptable for use on any combination of typical urban lots. It was designed to address L.A.’s shortage of supportive housing for the homeless, providing the flexibility to meet the needs of each particular site, neighborhood, and bed count.

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N*ST Toolkit with Plant Prefab

NEST Toolkit with Plant Prefab

N*ST Toolkit with Plant Prefab

The new N*st LivingHome toolkit, created by the Amazon-backed modular housing company Plant Prefab and the architecture firm Brooks & Scarpa, is designed to give cities and nonprofit developers a variety of designs that can save costs by using prefab parts—and the housing can also be built more quickly than traditional construction. The first organization to use the kit will be a nonprofit in Santa Monica that currently has a waiting list of 8,000 people looking for affordable housing.

The kit includes multiple options for designs that can be built on unused urban lots throughout a city, such as a homeless shelter that can house as many as 224 people on a 50-by-150-foot lot, permanent supportive housing for families, and shelters that can be installed to run off-the-grid in parking lots. Like other Plant Prefab designs, the buildings will be constructed in a factory rather than directly on urban sites.

To purchase from the N*ST Toolkit visit Plant Prefab here: N*ST Tool Kit

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